Books Quote by Carole Radziwill

“When dealing with writers it breaks down like this: a regular writer is your average everyday megalomaniac. Like every artist, there's a part of…

— Hannah Strom-Martin

Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized corruption.

— Warren Murphy

Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty.

— Lillian Hellman

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy…

— Walter Benjamin

“Do not insult a writer by asking him questions related to books written by someone else. If you are not reading the books written…

— Robin Sacredfire

My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.

— Ilsa J. Bick

No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.

— Vera Caspary

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt…

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

If I'm a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste.

— Grace Metalious

“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to throw a…

— Alistair Cross

Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let them engage…

— Matt Fraction

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some…

— Martin Luther